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as in to wed
to perform the ceremony of marriage for they chose a priest who was a family friend to marry them

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as in to match
to give in marriage the couple worried about the cost of marrying off five daughters

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as in to remarry
to take as a spouse he married his girlfriend three years ago, and they've been happy ever since

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as in to mate
to take a spouse she had always believed she would never marry, but fate proved her wrong

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  • On that beloved sitcom, Rauch played Bernadette, a microbiologist who weds Simon Helberg's Howard, and Bialik played Amy, a neuroscientist who marries Jim Parsons' Sheldon.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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    Derek Mitchell, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
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    Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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    Carissa Zaffiro, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
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  • Her dad Travis remarried Kourtney Kardashian in 2022.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2025
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  • In a large salad bowl, combine lettuce, croutons, garlic, anchovies and Parmesan cheese and toss.
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    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2025
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    Jennifer Shanker, Flow Space, 16 Jan. 2025
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    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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    MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2025
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  • In 2020 when TikTok was under pressure from Trump – who at the time sought a TikTok ban – Walmart and Microsoft proposed a bid to acquire the U.S. arm of the platform.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The original expansion plan, proposed in December and later tabled, included the construction of new buildings in the northwest section of Slade Park, along with a soccer pitch and four pickleball courts in the southwest area, which would have affected two multipurpose fields.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025

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“Marry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marry. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.

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